308 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FISHES, 



Height of body one-iourtli of total length. Hinder edge of 

 prseoperculum denticulated, a long spine at the angle. 



North Australia. 



11. PSAMMOPERCA MACROPTERA, Guuther. 



Cat. Fishes, Brit. Mus., Vol. I., p. 69. 

 D. 8. 1/12-13. A. 3/13. 

 Height of body one-third of the total length, preoorbital and 

 suborbital arch strongly serrated, hinder edge of praeoperculum 

 serrated, a triangular spine at the angle. 



Dr. Gunther gives Victoria, Australia, as the habitat of this 

 very distinct species, he must mean I think the Victoria Eiver, 

 North-west Australia. 



Genus Microperca, Casteln. 



Teeth numerous and sharp, disposed in several rows on both 

 jaws and on the palatines, no canines, tongue smooth ; operculum 

 and praeoperculum not serrated, entire, the former with two 

 feeble points of which the lower one is much larger than the 

 other ; the prseorbital very finely serrated ; two dorsals, almost 

 continuous, the first triangular, with eight spines; caudal rounded. 

 Anal with three spines ; scales large. Form oval, rather high ; 

 head attenuated ; body compressed ; no scales on the upper part 

 of the head or snout ; no scaly sheath for the dorsals. 



Australia. 



12. Microperca Yarr^e, Casteln. • 



Proc. Zool. Soc, Victoria, Vol. I., p. 48. 



Height three times and a quarter in the total length, head 

 four times and one-fifth in the same, eye four and a-quarter in 

 the length of the head. Twenty scales on the lateral line, and 

 twelve on the transverse. Eight strong spines in the first dorsal 



